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Cornet, E-flat
Cornet, E-flat
Cornet, E-flat

Cornet, E-flat

Date1860 ca.
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
ModelLeader's Pattern
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on bell: Made by / E. G. WRIGHT & CO. / Boston.
MarkingsStamped on underside of touchpieces, respectively: 1 2 3
DescriptionSilver-plated brass
Removable shank at leadpipe
Main tuning slide at first bow
Three side-action string-operated rotary valves, lever-over design with double cork and two stop pins; second valve without slide.
DimensionsHeight: 301mm
Bell diameter: 109mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesAndré P. Larson, The National Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir (Vermillion: National Music Museum, 1988), p. 54.

“Gallery I Dedicated October 9,” Shrine to Music Museum, Inc. Newsletter Vol. 9, No. 2 (January 1982), p. 4.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00556
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